Regarding the questions about ssh/tty clients: (1) I think the main advantage of putty is that its so lightweight. If I'm visiting my inlaws and need to check on my cluster (200 miles away), I can download putty and run it right from the desktop. I don't need administrator access to install it, I don't need to download 100MB from a buggy server - its fast and light, and I don't have to pay any money for it.
(2) All of you windows guys must have tried cygwin at least once. Although it takes a while to install and although the font selection is pretty terrible, you must admit that it is pretty convenient for mimicking general *nix functionality. On an almost-related vein, the wife wants a new laptop. Have any of you owned one of the $500 specials that they sell at Walmart/newegg? I figure if its running XP for things like organizing photos and writing email, there isn't much need for the latest and greatest. regards, NT -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nathan Moore Assistant Professor, Physics Winona State University AIM: nmoorewsu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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